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Been a funny year this one ... I had a couple of big hives that were going great ... then post demaree went backwards ....and so they are now building up (as requeened) but I took the supers out of storage as I need space in the shed and put them on the hive. Is that a mistake .... having...

Look mum ..no gloves :-)

tbhi didnt read that bit and took two samples from the mixed honey from 20 supers from two hives from the same site ...probably why i got 37 diff types of pollen ... eek ! will do it properly this year honest !

cool ... glad you folks enjoyed it ... tbh I stumbled across it looking for something else ...the joys of working from home eh !

So as part of the swarm preps I made up a few nuc's with queen cells and basically have left them get on with it for a month or so. Seem happy enough when i look thru the clear crownboard so I guess I just wait til they have filled the box and are bursting out to think about moving them to a...

thought this was an interesting take... So I really was delighted by my national honey results last year (37 diff types of pollen) but actually reading this blog post made me think what else is missing... https://www.apicultural.co.uk/a-review-of-my-national-honey-monitoring-scheme-result...

I'm down in Sutton with access to Banstead Common and the lavender fields near Carshalton Beeches ... ended up with 37 different types of pollen in the analysis from last year. Had a bit of a gap after the dry but lucky with the mix of forage here

Ahhh now i understand the avatar .. lovely !

yeah this is the bit ... finding the finer wax clogging the strainer ... makes a nice thick honey fraction tho !

I got one of these last year to replace one I melted original one in the oven during a '40 degree heat become 140 degree heat episode' https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07B3NCZ7M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Farm & Ranch Bee Tools Stainless Steel Double Honey Filter...

Been on this forum for a few years now but dont remember seeing this before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling_the_bees "The telling of the bees is a traditional European custom in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper's lives, such as births, marriages, or...

Thats interesting Ian ... so you are a fan of double brood but not overwinter ? or does it 'depend' ?

Yes Dani ...the end of the video is me in full retreat !

My bird box has got hijacked by bumblebees ! https://photos.app.goo.gl/3A517TkxnJ7Q9P8W9

got two nests in the ground at the back of our house ... and lots of them down in suburban SE london my raspberries/blackberries covered

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So I did a demaree about 3 weeks on 3 hives but sadly one of my biggest double brood hive is now queenless ....no eggs and no signs .... hive still full of bees as the brood in the top box emerged and doing the nectar/pollen collection thing .. Probably me being cack handed :-( My actions...

yeah sorry I should have been clear ... i normally run double brood so would just be putting the top bb back as the top of a double brood box and stick the supers that were doing the seperating back in their normal position above.

unwinding a demarree how quickly do people do that .. I know JBM talked about running a rolling demarree for a few weeks ( i think I tried it last year for about a month) but could after a fortnight could you put the hive back into its normal configuration ?

first time in 4 years but seen magpies down near the hive and so hope they are just picking off dead bees and not causing a problem. might try and get a camera down there to monitor whats going on